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Brown verses Board of Education was a landmark case that established that school districts can't segregate students based on race.
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Students with disabilities were segregated from students without disabilities.
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Mild disabilities mainstreamed with students without disabilities.
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Section 504 was part of the rehabilitation Act that prohibits discrimination based on disability. That means the needs of the students with disabilities must be met as adequately as those of the non-disabled.
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Congress enacted the IDEA in 1975 to ensure that student with disabilities receive Free and appropriate education.
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Response to identify problems in our system for low performing students.
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Services were extended to infants, toddlers, preschool children age 3.
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More Special Education are employed and attend college
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No Child Left Behind states that mild disabilities must pass state assessments. Their instructed using state standards.
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Procedural safeguards, confidentiality, and access to information for all students. Funding for further intervention.
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Students with mild disabilities are educated in general education classrooms most of the day. Autism or multiple disabilities are educated in more restrictive setting.4 out of 5 with disabilities are educated in general ed classrooms.
